Sunday, March 29, 2009

Desktops with a view on offer


Vu (pronounced `view') has introduced its Boss PC Limited Edition (only 500 PCs and laptops). Despite tweaks to the design and specifications, it's a modest, non-radical product but does make your head turn.

An Intel Core 2 microprocessor, 1.66GHz and 2MB integrated L2 cache and 80GB memory promises to deliver performance. However, it cannot match a desktop with core duo processors.

Negroponte on the future of $100 laptop


You bet they have. One "kid" suggested no caps lock key and we took his advice. Collaboration and open source are at the root of everything we do.

Have you seen this work?

We have seen it work all over the place: Cambodia, Costa Rica, Brazil -- just to name a few. In one school, 100 percent more kids showed up for the first grade in the next year. They were not coming from the neighbouring village. No. What happened is that the six-year-olds in school told those who were not attending that school is cool.

Intel looks for local ally in WiMAX

Calcutta, Dec. 16: Intel Corporation is interested in a local partner for its foray into WiMAX in India.

On his visit to the country last year, Craig Barrett, chairman of Santa Clara-based Intel, highlighted the WiMAX technology’s ability to connect remote areas and bridge the digital divide.

Intel has started a pilot WiMAX project in Baramati, near Pune. The company wanted to do trial runs in many cities and was also in talks with the Bengal

Negroponte on the future of $100 laptop


Most people hit the caps lock key by accident. It is particularly likely since it is close to the alphabet 'a' (often used in English and Latin languages) and just above the 'shift' key, which itself can be used in making uppercase.

I am willing to bet that 99 per cent of the world's users spend time deleting uppercase letters that have inadvertently appeared because they accidentally hit 'caps lock'.

Negroponte on the future of $100 laptop


Why the insistence on open source?

Because sharing and collaboration are very important pieces of education. We think that computer programming itself is an important part of "learning (about) learning." Our keyboard even has a "view source" key that you can hit to see the source code of what you are running.

How Lenovo plans to woo Indian customers


Moreover, growth in the desktop shipment for the April-June quarter of CY08, according to research firm IDC, dropped by 2.4 per cent year-on-year, while the laptop shipments grew 51 per cent over the same period.

So why not concentrate on the laptop business, instead, which is growing at over 60 per cent?

Lenovo is number two (HP leads and Acer is No.3) in the Indian laptop segment, according to IDC.

The company is doing well with laptops. It got around 60 per cent of its total revenues from notebooks in FY08.

Intel presentará UMPCs con Linux


El mercado de los Ultra Mobile PCs no acaba de despegar, seguramente por el elevado precio de estos atractivos dispositivos. Pero la cosa podría cambiar: Intel acaba de aprovechar su IDF en Beijing para anunciar que sus futuros UMPCs utilizarán Linux.

Los llamados MID (Mobile Internet Device) tendrán pantallas de entre 4,5 y 6 pulgadas y estarán destinadas a todo tipo de usuarios, según la noticia de ZDNet.

La primera plataforma que aparecerá, MID2007, tiene como nombre en clave McCaslin está siendo desarrollada y afinada para su cristalización el año que viene.

Intel to invest up to $200 million in India

Intel Corp, the world's No 1 chipmaker, said on Thursday it could invest up to $200 million in India to ramp up its software design centre and more than triple the number of engineers to 3,000 in a few years.

Craig Barrett, chief executive of Intel Corp. Photo: Reuters/B. MathIntel's three-year-old development centre in Bangalore designs and develops software to power chips that drive personal computers and high-end network computers for Internet-based applications

'Not gloom, but tough times ahead for India



I think more of it is politics than what can be implemented. If you read the fine print of those clauses, it is not as bad. There are so many ways for companies to do outsourcing if they really want to. It is only the headline that catches the attention. If you read the fine print, you will know that there are many ways by which companies can outsource

chipmaker Intel's director


Avtar Saini, chipmaker Intel's director (South Asia) unveiling the Centrino Mobile Technology, a chip that integrates wireless capability into laptops, in Delhi on Wednesday.

Satyam episode not to affect investment


Intel Capital, part of the world's largest chip maker, has said that its investments into India will not be affected by the Satyam episode and such incidents happen in every country. "It shouldn't," Intel Capital managing director for India, Japan , Australasia and south-east Asia Sudheer Kuppam told reporters when asked if there would be impact on Intel capital investment in India after the Satyam episode

The Shepherd


We've finally found some silicon artwork on an Intel chip--the first we have ever seen! This shepherd was discovered tending a two-headed ram on the Intel 8207, a dual-port RAM controller chip used in the early 80x86 era. According to Intel chip designer Robert Stear, the chip was designed and manufactured in the Haifa plant in the early 1980s. Regarding the significance of these doodles, we assume the shepherd represents a "controller" and the two-headed ram symbolizes dual-ported RAM circuitry

World's top 10 patent leaders








World's top 10 patent leaders

January 24, 2009

Panasonic Corp


Matsushita now known as Panasonic Corp comes sixth in the list with 1,745 patents.

Panasonic's vision is to build products 'in harmony with the environment'.

In January, the company won patents for a method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit, Loudspeaker edge, Data library device, fuel cell etc.

Panasonic makes products that can be easily used by people with disabilities also

Now, NASA supercomputer is 'fastest'


The Unites States space agency NASA has unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer at its Ames Research Centre in California, where India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla worked for years, in honour of the seven crew members of spacecraft Columbia which crashed last year.

Intel уходит в ... Китай


Представители корпорации Intel объявили об организации Азиатско-тихоокеанского научно-исследовательского и конструкторского центра в шанхайском научном парке Зижу. Это сделано в рамках программы поддержки талантливых китайских технических специалистов, направленной на развитие локальных научно-исследовательских ресурсов и повышение эффективности разработки специализированных платформ и решений для Азиатско-тихоокеанского и мирового рынка. Расширение диапазона научно-исследовательских и опытно-конструкторских проектов, реализуемых корпорацией Intel в Шанхае, отражает превращение этого города в региональный деловой и технический центр и является признанием огромного вклада китайских компаний в разработку и внедрение передовых вычислительных и коммуникационных технологий.

The Indian behind Intel's super chip





When Intel launched its first six-core x86 microprocessor - a high-end processor to crunch huge amount of data - designed and developed by its Indian team, there was relief at its India office.

This made-in-India project, code-named Dunnington, was launched after another much-touted India-specific project - Whitefield - was aborted mid-way by Intel in 2005, citing 'business reasons'.

Praveen Vishakantaiah, a Bangalore-boy and the first one from Bangalore to head Intel India's operations led this project from the front.

Prior to this, he was the director of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group and has been part of the microprocessor design team

India shines at Las Vegas Electronics Show






Gravitonus, a certified business partner of Intel and Microsoft, has launched the world's first hands-free computer mouse, which uses the tongue to move the cursor and teeth to click keys on the monitor.

Another innovator FlatWire Technologies is also eyeing India.

"We see India as a target for our products, especially for wires needed in audio-video data transfer," FlatWire President Robert

Intel, stockholm


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The world's first six-core microchip!


In the IT industry, innovation takes several forms -- technology (hardware, software, business model, process), etc. While I think we have made significant strides on certain areas such as technology software and services, we are barely making inroads in some of the other areas.

Innovation is one of the cornerstones for any company's success and it is extremely important to bring value addition for whatever it is that you are doing. Without innovative methods, products you are more likely to just play in.

The Indian behind Intel's super chip


The decision to return to India in 2003 was his own, says Vishakantaiah.

"At that point, I really felt that here is an opportunity to work in India and put the country on the global silicon design map. This gave me the leadership opportunity to drive a project forward."

Even as the Dunnington team is now transitioning to the 'next big project', Vishakantaiah is also riding the learning curve.

A hardcore engineer, who metamorphosed into a leader, he is now mastering the art of engaging external systems such as the industry, government and academia,

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Some Sample TAT Cards

A major assumption of Murray’s theory was that behaviour is driven by an internal state of disequilibrium. We will behave in a certain fashion till we reach equilibrium.

Some reknown works include:
(1938). Explorations in Personality. New York: Oxford University Press
(1940). What should psychologists do about psychoanalysis? Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 35, 150–175.
(1953) Personality in nature, society, and culture
(1962) Explorations in Personality: A Clinical and Experimental Study of Fifty Men of College Age


Other famous researchers...


1960s - Walberg's and Moo's developed LEI and CES

Moo's schema:
Personal Development: (Personal Growth & Self-enhancement)
Stimulation - Pleasure & Satisfaction,
Achievement - Improvement of performance, progression & broadening of interests
Efficacy - Feeling of competence, ability and success

Relationships: (Extent of people involvement & support for each other)
Helpfulness - Cooperation and support among students,
Participation - Participation and valuation of each individual in the group,
Responsibility - Trust and responsibility of activities and learning

Auburndale and Havendale


Auburndale and Havendale were multi-chip modules featuring two hyper-threaded cores and integrated graphics chip. According to a diagram above, Auburndale/Havendale consisted out of two pieces of silicon: CPU part with two cores sharing 4MB of L3 cache memory and a separate graphics core connected by using Quick Path Interface (QPI)

The Intel X25-M 80GB Solid State Drive Arrives


Solid State Drives (SSD) have been around for over 25 years, but only recently have SSDs started to prove ready for the mainstream computing market now that performance is getting better and the price is coming down. As many of our readers know, there are over a dozen companies that currently have solid state drives on the market today, but the performance reliability on many of the drives are unpredictable.

disclosed a raft of technologies


IDF Intel today disclosed a raft of technologies that will drive a research initiative it hopes will put the Assistant back into the Personal Digital Assistant, one of the most inappropriately applied acronyms in the history of personal computing

The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor


Last month with the economy in the gutter we brought you a review on the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor and found that it packed some serious performance for being a $169.99 processor. While many of our readers would be happy with a 2.33GHz processor with a 1333MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) and 4MB of L2 cache, others want something a little faster. Since the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 is lacking in cache, we figured you'd enjoy a review on the more powerful Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 processor. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 has four processing cores running at 2.83GHz, a whopping 12MB of shared L2 cache and a 1333MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) to keep things moving along nicely. At $275.99 the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 is roughly 60% more expensive than the Q8200, but for those that don't overclock the extra clock frequency and cache may be worth it.

chopper


This chopper is Intel-branded all the way down to its wheels; note the enormous 240mm front tire.

Photo © Inte

server chips


Following AMD's launch of its latest server chips last week, it's Intel's turn to be in the spotlight.

Intel plans to launch its newest generation of desktop processors on Monday. Called Core i7, the chips are aimed at the high-end desktop and gaming market.

The move puts Intel ahead of its rival AMD by more than a few months, as AMD's comparable desktop processor isn't scheduled to launch until early next year

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porter by an Intel employee as senior vice president Pat Gelsinger was delivering his IDF keynote, which included more specifics about Nehalem, the family of chips the company plans to begin rolling out in the fourth quarter. Gelsinger, the general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, showed the first wafer holding individual eight-core processors, detailed the power-saving features of the Nehalem processors, and confirmed future mobile Nehalem processors

As Intel Surges,

Not very, say most industry analysts. In fact, Intel is actually much less of a monopoly threat today than it was previously, thanks largely to the cyclical nature of the x86 processor business -- and the paranoia of computer manufacturers who don't want to see a world where a single chipmaker calls all the shots.

Indian techie named in $1bn Intel data theft





It is only by chance, according to the government, that Intel learned of Pani's plans to work for a competitor and decided to check if he had made off with confidential files.

After receiving a performance review in April of 'below expectations', Pani informed Intel on May 29 that he was resigning, according to Russell's statement.

In an e-mail to his boss, Pani said a hedge fund was interested in an option-trading strategy he had developed, and that he might 'dabble in that for a few months' and otherwise 'rest, reflect, and rejuvenate'.

India's pride: The world's first six-core microchip!


In September 2008, Intel Corporation introduced the new Intel Xeon Processor 7400 Series, formerly code-named 'Dunnington'. The 7400 Series is the combination of the Penryn microarchitecture and 45nm Hi-k process technology to the Expandable (MP or multi-processor) segment with scaling up to 16 sockets.

World's top 10 patent leaders



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Intel


Intel with 1,776 patents is ranked fifth in 2008.

In January, Intel received patents for 'unwind information for optimized programs', centralized error signaling and logging, multi-token seal and unseal

Intel is developing advanced technologies that are creating a new line of laptops -- Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs).

The Indian behind Intel's super chip


This was a hard time for the company, as it had to explain to the critics the reasons for the cancellation of the Whitefield project.

This decision, which the company explained as a 'business need', had hurt every Indian. This was also the time the hardware design industry was in a nascent stage.

India's pride: The world's first six-core microchip!


We are continuing to invest in new products, chip designs and manufacturing technologies. Our 32 nm (nanometre) products scheduled for release later in the year will be the next milestone. We will announce the products at the right time

The Indian behind Intel's super chip



Operation Whitefield's failure, however, proved to be a blessing in disguise since the 600-odd design engineers trained as part of the project, gave the company a strong manpower base to take on the next big project for the company - Dunnington.

"When we decided to start the hardware design in India, the senior management of the company had a lot of confidence in Indian talent and their ability to learn and innovate," says Vishakantaiah.

Dunnnington Team Members


How difficult was the task?

The Dunnington processor contains 1.9 billion transistors (functioning components) and was designed for Intel's latest 45nm process technology. Microprocessor design and product development is an intricate process and requires precise functioning of all the different components across a large number of variable vectors.

This processor was also the first 45nm product to be developed outside the United States. As we were developing this complex product for the very first time in India, there were numerous risks facing us through the programme.

The hardworking and innovative team of engineers came up with novel solutions to the different problems they encountered and got this

The Indian behind Intel's super chip



"I always used to refer to my team here internally as Dunnington from 'Dunn (Done) in garden town' (Bangalore)," says this Bangalorean.

He had his early schooling from the Indian Preparatory School in Malleswaram (a traditional locality in Bangalore), and higher secondary schooling from MES College before pursuing his BE in electronics and communication from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli

Inside Intel's Penryn Processor


On Monday Intel announced the first mobile quad-core processor called Penryn. The new silicon is the cousin to the Penryn desktop processor, the Core 2 Extreme QX9650, announced on 12 November 2007.

The next generation transistors, used in the new Penryn processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad and Xeon family) feature “new high-k + metal gate material that will allow for higher frequencies, lower resistance, less leakage and lower power consumption.”

Aside from the simple fact that the new 45nm process will allow for

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Turbo Mode" is a linchpin Nehalem technology

(Credit: Intel)

But there will be more pedestrian dual-core versions of Nehalem too. "There will be versions for the desktop that will be dual-core as well," Gelsinger said.

Gelsinger also talked about Intel's plans to put graphics directly onto the same piece of silicon as the processor. This will be a first for Intel.

He described why Intel is putting graphics right next to the processor. "There's a big sucking sound near the CPU. It keeps pulling things closer to it. This is uniquely enabled by Moore's Law...and as things get closer together I'm able to drive down thermal envelopes (i.e., heat) and decrease physical form factors (i.e., enable smaller computer designs)," Gelsinger said.

Gelsinger broke down the future processor lineup--with graphics on the processor die and without--as follows. "Lynnfield and Clarksfield are the versions without graphics. Havendale and Auburndale are the versions with integrated graphics." (Even Intel executives occasionally get confused by all the code names and it took two tries for Gelsinger to get this right.)

This contest is fueled by the following news: On Tuesday, Intel Corporation reported an 18 percent increase in its quarterly revenue. The company also


SAN FRANCISCO--Intel plans to bring its first dual-core Atom to market next month, it was revealed here Monday during the Intel Developer Forum. The chipmaker also disclosed more details of the Nehalem processor.

The power-efficient processor will be targeted at Atom-based desktops called nettops. Currently, Intel offers the Atom N230 processor for nettops. This chip has a slightly higher power envelope than the Atom processors built exclusively for mobile devices.

That news was revealed to this reporter by an Intel employee as senior vice president Pat Gelsinger was delivering his IDF keynote, which included more specifics about Nehalem, the family of chips the company plans to begin rolling out in the fourth quarter. Gelsinger, the general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, showed the first wafer holding individual eight-core processors, detailed the power-saving features of the Nehalem processors, and confirmed future mobile Nehalem processors.

Intel pictures


This contest is fueled by the following news:On Tuesday, Intel Corporation reported an 18 percent increase in its quarterly revenue. The company also reported a near doubling of its profit. Even so, the company's stock fell 5 percent after it cut its forecasted profit margin and after its inventories rose. Intel is the world's largest chip maker. Intel did indicate that it planned to slow production in order to sell off unsold products in inventory.